Kirsten Dunst says the Spider-Man reboot has “a lot to live up to”

December 2, 2010 - By Liam Goodwin

It can’t be easy for actors to find out a decades worth of work is being swept aside, but that is what’s happening with the Spider-Man trilogy. Of course it won’t be completely forgotten, but Sony pulled the rug from under Spider-Man 4 which was months away from filming, and instead decided to start anew.

After the announcement Kirsten Dunst, who was preparing herself for another turn as Mary Jane, said it was “sad to see it end”, and now the actress has given more of her thoughts on the reboot, saying the new guys are “in a funny position”.

“I mean, everyone was coming back, and they were casting a villain,” the 28-year-old said, “I knew it wasn’t ready to go, but I knew they were working on it. And they decided not to, so — you know what, it was only sad because we didn’t know the last one was going to be our last. So we didn’t have that extra little ‘This is the last time, guys.’ We didn’t get to have that grieving. It was a little like, ‘Oh, we’re not doing it, bummer.’”

“They have a lot to live up to,” Dunst said. “I do really like Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield. I know that Emma’s playing Gwen Stacy, but I wonder what story they’re gonna tell, because it wasn’t that long ago — we’re not, like, old people. That’s why I’d be nervous. They’re gonna tell the story, I guess, from the beginning again — but in a different way. But it wasn’t that long ago that we told that story. So the pressure’s on again a little bit in that way. Yeah, they’re in a funny position. But, hey, I’m sure they’re gonna work it out.”

I suppose Dunst is right in a way. If the reboot fails to make more than $783 million worldwide (the lowest the trilogy made with Spider-Man 2) it will have failed to live up to the previous trilogy box office-wise. The quality of the new movie will be a bit more subjective, but Raimi didn’t make bad films despite Spider-Man 3 being a disappointment.

Marc Webb, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone will begin filming in 2 weeks time, and i’m sure all Spider-Man fans hope they deliver.

Sorry your snaggled teeth and poor acting/singing skills didn’t keep you on the big screen on a franchise that had potentially had so much going for it. Sorry your franchise raped the character and essence of Spider-man. Sorry you haven’t had a career since then.

Bydyn

I think, after ther reboot the spiderman movie… they want to merge spiderman in marvel avengers movie, don’t they?

Smitty

I’m pretty sure that won’t be happening. Spiderman is still going to be done by Sony, with the avengers and the rest made by Marvel. Would be awesome, but won’t happen.

zagg

spider-man 1and2 were great films. #3 however destroyed my hopes for raimi completing the saga… vaulture would have been cool, but turning black cat into vaultress was a shitty idea.. just like how they made the guy who should have been our web head, venom… i am glad they are redoing it, now maybe they can introduce mj the right way…. face it tiger you just hit the jack pot.